Chatelaine-pin.



No. 742,087. PATENQED OCT. 20, 1903.

' N. F. VALENTINE.

. GHATELAINE PIN.

APPLICATION FILED D170. 2, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 20, 1903."

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$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,087, dated October 20, 1903. Application filed Deoember 2,1902- Serial No. 133,538. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NETTIE F.VALENTINE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brook Haven, in the county of Sufiolk and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Chatelaine-Pin, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a pin useful in many respects, but especially designed for application to womens waist or chatelaine bags, in which connection it serves to prevent the bag from swinging idly about as the wearer walks and also prevents the bag from being torn from its place.

In its general organization it comprises a body-plate at one side of which is a pin proper and at the other side of which is a keeper, the keeper having its loop projected through an orifice in the body-plate to engage the pin.

- In applying the device to a waist-bag the body-plate is fastened to the back of the bag outside thereof and the keeper is'projected through minute openings into the bag. Then to fasten the bag to the skirt of the wearer the pin is engaged therewith and the wearer by inserting her hand into the bag may manipulate the keeper to engage and hold .the pin. To'rernove the bag, the above-described operations should be repeated. It

will thus be seen that the bagcan only be removed by reaching into it, and therefore the danger of robbery is practically m'l.

This specification is an exact description of one example of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a view showing the invention applied to a bag. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the invention, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the keeper side of the bodyplate.

a indicates the body-plate, which may be constructed of any suitable metal or other sufficiently durable material. This bodyplate, according to the construction here shown, is provided with eyes a for the reception of threads by which to fasten the bodyplate to the bag. It is obvious, however, that any other desired means may be employed the dotted lines in Fig. 2. a At the other side of the body-plate a is fastened the spring keeper-arm c, the end 0 being secured to the body-plate by any desired meansfor instance, by solder, as indicated in the drawingsand the free end havi-nga loop c therein, this loop being projected through an opening a in the body-plate, so that the bow of the loop will project to the side of the body-plate on which the pin lies. I

' In the use of the invention as a waist-bag holder the keeperarm 0 and its loop 0 are projected through minute openings in the inner side wall of the bag, so that the bodyplate a may be fastened to the outer side of the bag in the manner indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. Then the pin b may be' readily en-v gaged with the skirt or other garment of the wearer, and by inserting the hand into the bag and pressing outward the keeper-arm c, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, the loop 0 may be engaged with the pointed end of the pin, and thus the pin will be held securely. From this arrangement it is clear that the bag cannot be torn from the skirt, and the only way that the bag may be released is to insert the hand into the bag and manipulate the keeper 0, thus releasing the pin 1).

Various .changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of the invention may be resorted to at will without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the intent of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A chatelaine-pin comprising a body having an orifice therein,'a pin proper mounted on one side of the body, and a keeper mounted on the other side of the body, and comprising a spring-arm arranged to move toward and from the body and terminating in a laterally-disposed loop or hook movable through the orifice in the body to engage the pin proper.

. 2. A chatelaine-pin comprising a body having an orifice therein, a spring-pin proper mounted at one end on one side of the body to move its free end transversely toward and from the body, and a spring-keeper mounted on the other side of the body and movable through the orifice to engage and disengage the pin proper, said pin proper and keeper tending by their spring properties to move apart from each other.

3. A chatelaine-pin,comprising a body hav-' ing an orifice therein, a pin proper mounted on one side of the body to move transversely of the pin toward and from the body, and a keeper mounted on the other side of the body and movable through the orifice to engage NETTIE F. VALENTINE.

Witnesses:

GEO. L. CHIOHESTER, ALICE HORTON. 

